You can still buy tickets for Sir Tom Jones' UK tour despite the coronavirus lockdown

It seems Sir Tom's UK tour is currently still happening (Image: Surrey Advertiser)

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In the last few months coronavirus has brought the world's live music scene to a standstill, with bands and venues pulling or postponing performances across the globe.

However, despite a big question mark remaining over the length of time the public will be told to keep away from mass gatherings, fans of Sir Tom Jones can still buy tickets to see him on tour, the dates for which begin in just a few weeks time.

The Valleys-born singing legend is scheduled to kick off his Celebration tour in Germany on Wednesday May 27, before playing to sold-out audiences in Belfast and Cork.

He'll then travel across to Hampton Court Palace for the first of 13 mainland UK shows, in between which he'll also be jetting back and forth to Europe for more appearances in Italy, Spain and Croatia.

Tickets for all dates are still being sold online, even though current guidelines state that all UK venues were meant to have closed on March 16 and there is currently no planned re-opening time - but it certainly won't be before the beginning of June.

And, even if music venues reopen around that time, the ramifications of maintaining social distancing - which government officials have hinted could last well into 2021 - are likely to greatly impact upon how gigs will be structured, with strict limits placed on how many fans will be allowed in at any one time.

Sir Tom joined the fight against COVID-19 on the recent One World: Together At Home charity gala (Image: BBC)

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Yet officials say the Sex Bomb singer - part of the recent star-studded lockdown charity gala One World: Together At Home, organised to help the fight against Covid-19 - is still preparing to wow fans before the month is out.

A spokesperson for Liz Hobbs Group, the events company managing Jones' upcoming UK tour, has told reporters for Plymouth Live - where Sir Tom is soon due to play - that organisers are expecting the concerts to go ahead.

The evergreen Welshman will turn 80 on Sunday June 7 was also rumoured to be playing the Principality Stadium in Cardiff the day before that landmark birthday, but no details of any homecoming show ever transpired.

Nevertheless, some fans are wondering if any of the upcoming UK gigs should go ahead at all.

"Surely some of these dates are cancelled? Can someone advise please?" posted fan Julie Martin on Facebook, while Gemma Savage and others took to Twitter to query the likelihood of the Belfast shows still going ahead given the current climate.

After all, it wasn't long ago that fellow South Wales rockers Stereophonics faced heavy criticism for not cancelling their sold-out gigs at Cardiff's Motorpoint in March - a day after Wales' Six Nations clash against Scotland was called off amidst coronavirus fears.

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Major football fixtures including Cardiff City's home clash against Leeds United had also been sidelined at the time.

The Cwman band were branded "irresponsible" and "selfish" by some fans for not postponing the dates, whilst an intensive care consultant at Newport's Royal Gwent hospital later described the decision to go ahead with the concerts as "downright insane."

David Hepburn - himself a Covid-19 survivor - made the comment on Twitter after thousands packed into the city centre venue over two nights.